Bat-Associated Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in Immunosuppressed Children, Spain, 2024
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: We report the detection of hemotropic mycoplasmas in 4 immunosuppressed pediatric patients in Spain: 2 solid organ transplant recipients, 1 hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient, and 1 cancer patient. Sequences were 100% identical to a strain previously identified in Miniopterus schreibersii bats, which raises concerns about unnoticed zoonotic transmission.
Source: Emerging infectious diseases
Authors: Fernando Esperón, Bárbara Martín-Maldonado, Irene Iglesias, Elena Neves, Eleonora Seri, Paula García-Sanchez, Ángel Morillas-Mingorance, Ana Méndez-Echevarría
Language: English
Subfield: Microbiology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4414625617